On Monday 14 September 2009 19:45:07 Nicu Buculei wrote: > On 09/14/2009 07:46 AM, Gary Schnabl wrote: > > Inkscape is fine, too. I use its 0.46 version here, which has a decent > > user guide--http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/. > > > > Illustrator is the /de facto/ industry standard, so using that as a > > normed reference makes sense for comparison purposes for other > > vector-graphics applications. As would comparing gimp and IrfanView with > > Adobe Photoshop for raster graphics. > > You will probably discover Draw can't hold a candle in front of > Illustrator, while Inkscape can dive it a real really good run for its > money (I know people who have access to both and prefer to use Inkscape > instead of Illustrator). Keep in mind Draw is mostly a special instance > of Impress, with basic tools and a limited target (and Illustrator has > the lead on some areas where FLOSS just can't compete, like Pantone > colors, where the blocker is legal).
I think Gary is talking about comparing Manuals/User Guides rather than applications, although I would be also be comparing MS Visio - Draw and perhaps Dia user guides, given they all have a Flowcharting function. Cheers G -- Graham Lauder, INGOTs Assessor Trainer Moderator New Zealand (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org Mobile +64 27 494 4315 OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html
